Elizabeth Hawes

ABOUT ELIZABETH HAWES

Fashion designer and political activist remembered for designing clothing for the consumer, not the editor.

Like both her mother and sister, Charlotte, she attended Vassar College in New York.

When she was only 12, she started designing accessories for her mother's friends.

She married Ralph Jester in 1930, divorced him in 1934. She then married Joseph Losey in 1937 and divorced him in 1944.

Both she and Oscar winner Anne Hathaway attended Vassar College.